our spirit is not. >> the president and sandy hook families vowed the fight is not over. now, you heard president obama and white house officials come down to what the american public thinks. they hope this defeat galvinizes public support for stricter gun control measures. it makes it an issue of 2014 and those senators up for re-election then. john and chris, there is really no big legislative plan "b" to tackle background checks. there is this gun bill in the senate, certainly from the white house's perspective. very watered down measure including straw purchases, a measure on straw purchases and school safety, which they say are necessary, but certainly not as much as they would have liked to have seen. >> brianna, thank you very much. it's a very complex and emotional debate when it comes to gun control. there is a large portion of the country. 45% of the households. that we have laws of restricting the rights of getting guns lawfully. good guys is not the way to go about it. and that's what you see in the pressuring of the politicians who voted no on the bill. >> 45